Thursday, July 11, 2013

Rev War Ancestors & GSMC July program

The Genealogical Society of Marion County will be holding its monthly meeting Saturday, July 13 at the Glendale Branch Library from 1:00-3:00. Our speaker is Lou Malcomb, in charge of IU's Government Documents, who will give her presentation on "Cemeteries & Maps." See the GSMC website for more details: www.genealogyindy.org

Rev War ancestor mini-bios:
1) John Faucett: [10 Aug 1751 or 1752 Augusta Co., VA (now Greenbriar Co., WV) - 23 April 1838 Marion Co., IN] After an eventful childhood, allegedly spent among the Indians [probably the Shawnee], John Faucett found himself in Western Pennsylvania, living near the Old Redstone Fort (present-day Uniontown, Fayette Co.) at the outbreak of the Revolution. John served six separate tours of duty totalling 13 months & 20 days over four years. He served chiefly as a "ranger & spy" (frontier scout) as a member of the local militia covering the territory of northern Virginia, western Pennsylvania & eastern Ohio. During the summer of 1778, his militia company was attached to a Virginia Line Regiment. This qualified Pvt. Faucett for a pension. After the war, Faucett went on to settled in SW Ohio in 1799 & Central Indiana in 1824. He married Eve Fry.

2) Holden Rhodes: [22 Sep 1750 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island - 1 Feb 1809 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island] Rhodes married Susanna Wall in 1769. Holden was a mariner by trade, and when the war broke out, kept to his profession. The new nation did not have a navy, but many mariners chose to serve as privateers, taking on the British naval forces. Holden Rhodes served as prize master aboard the sloops Joseph & Satisfaction. [The prize master was the officer in charge of captured vessels.] While serving aboard the Satisfaction, Rhodes was captured & sent to Forten Prison in Gosport, England in July 1778. He was exchanged 11 Dec 1779. Holden Rhodes became master/captain of several ships after the war. At least four of his sons were lost or died at sea.

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